The battle between Destiny Church and the government has reached boiling point today, after the church's leader Brian Tamaki warned his church would cause prison revolts if the Man-Up programme was… Video, Audio

Justice Minister Andrew Little says the government has no immediate plans to change the law to allow prisoners to vote, despite a Supreme Court decision which said the fact they are prohibited is… Video, Audio

Professor Tracey McIntosh says many inmates, particularly women, are going straight from state care to state prisons. Her research on incarceration of mainly Maori has shown a distinct pattern of… Audio

Chester Borrows and members of the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group hold their first first public discussion on Monday 15 October in Papatoetoe, Auckland, at 9.30am. Borrows is the group's… Audio

One Paremoremo guard is accused of kicking a prisoner repeatedly in the head, another's charged with breaking the prisoner's ankle and a third is accused of moving a camera to try and ruin any… Video, Audio

Ray Smith has contradicted statements made by senior government ministers in Parliament, that a contract for the public private partnership to build the new Waikeria prison was already in place when… Video, Audio

A researcher who has crunched the numbers on bail is dismissing arguments that relaxing the current system will endanger the public. A review of bail laws is under way, as increasing remand numbers… Audio

This week a team of volunteers will begin planting 20,000 native trees at Manurewa's Totara Park as part of this year's Matariki (MāoriNew Year) celebrations. The trees have been grown from seed by… Audio, Gallery

Doubts are also being raised about Government plans to have a mental health unit within the new Waikeria prison. Forensic psychiatrist Phil Brinded says people with severe mental illness should be in… Audio

The National Party has accused the government of being reckless by not going ahead with the mega prison at Waikeria. And it says the plan for a smaller-scale prison at Waikeria puts the public at… Audio

"Horrific" was Kelvin Davis' first impression of the aging Waikeria prison when he was appointed Corrections Minister. He's decided to build a small 500-bed jail and a 100-bed mental health unit to… Audio